Monitor Istanbul.This week, we are telling the tale of two cities: Istanbul and Jerusalem. We explore how memory, resistance and street singers shape the cultural pulse of the cities from the skies ...

The power of Ramses III spread over key routes and was marked by rock inscriptions in his name—one has been found in Wadi Rum ...

In the hands of Baroque painters, the Genesis account of Isaac, Jacob, and Rebekah becomes more than a tale of deception — it ...

Conservationist Peter Seligmann; writer, actor and director Ramy Youssef and acclaimed visual artist Mickalene Thomas will ...

White Crucifixion” marked the start of a series of paintings in which he envisioned Christ as an emblem of Jewish persecution ...

Quick, name a few stereotyped roles for women in literature. Whore with a heart of gold, overachiever, shrew. Victorian angel ...

Sapling from a tree that grew outside her hiding place thrives at an Aurora school, with support from Auburn's once thriving ...

Archaeologists uncovered hidden inscriptions and graffiti left by medieval pilgrims on the walls of the Cenacle, the site of ...

Although Francis did not change doctrine, he was revolutionary in every other way. The stylistic change was immediately ...

When Lonely Planet positioned Lithuania in the number-two spot of its Best in Travel in 2025, before Fiji, Laos and Kazakhstan, it roused surprise, curiosity and thrill. Bordered by Latvia, Poland, ...

In time for Easter, here's a look at some of the incredible artistic tributes to the Christian narrative that can be found ...

Sacred art and icons—often believed to confer divine gifts and powers to the faithful—began to flourish in the Second Century ...